“These injuries that change life represent a quarter of all the injuries reported, a total of more than 167,300 people injured since October 2023,” said Rik Peeperkorn, representative of the West Bank and Gaza.
More than 5,000 people faced an amputation and other serious injuries with arms, legs and spinal cord.
Briefing Journalists In New York by Video Link of Gaza, Dr. Peeperkorn detailed the generalized trauma needs, adding that dozens of rehabilitation workers have been killed, with installations close to the collapse.
“Currently Less than 14 of the 36 Gaza hospitals remain partially functionalWhile less than a third of the pre-conflict rehabilitation services work, several facing an imminent closure, “he said.
Speaker and trap
The maternity and childbirth services in the war enclave by the war were also seriously affected.
The United Nations Reproductive Health Agency, UNFPA, believes that 55,000 pregnant women are trapped in GazaAffirming the displacement, bombing, severe hunger and malnutrition.
About 130 babies are born daily, with more than a quarter delivered by the Cesarean section.
Estimates indicate each week in Gaza, at least 15 women give birth outside a health establishment without qualified help and around One in five newborn was born premature or suffering from low birth weight.
James Elder of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) described the scene in the Al Aqsa and Nasser hospitals: “There is a real level of fear and stress among the community here in Gaza City and in the South.
“Seeing a large number of mothers with newborns in the corridors, hospitals are simply overloaded due to the devastation of health care.”
Deep psychological impact
Conflict -related wounds also bear deep psychological scars.
“”Survivors fight with traumaThe daily loss and survival where psychosocial reference services remain rare, “said Dr. Peeperkorn, urging investment in rehabilitation linked to mental health and inclusive care for disabled people.
Who highlighted the urgent need of fuel, medical supplies, prostheses and assistance devices, as well as the protection of health workers. Another priority is medical evacuation.
More than 15,000 people, including 3,800 children, need specialized treatment outside Gaza.
“”We need many other countries to accept patientsAnd the restoration of the reference path of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, ”said Dr. Peeperkorn.
Trips continue
Meanwhile, humanitarian officials highlighted the wider crisis against civilians, with nowhere to go.
UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said that more than 6,700 people had fled northern Gaza in the south within 10 hours on Wednesday, only adding more than 417,000 trips since mid-August.
“Families in the south of Gaza are pressed in these shelters and other overcrowded tents or makeshift tents along the coast. Many others were sleeping outdoors, often in the middle of rubble,” he said on a daily basis in New York.
“New arrivals in the South are faced with poor sanitation, without intimacy or security, and a high risk that children be separated from their family – while being exposed to explosive ammunition.”
